Abstract
Persistent questions remain regarding computer use by elders, particularly those recovering from a major surgical procedure. Fifty-three participants of the HeartCare project were provided home-accessible WWW-based recovery support post-coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and used it to access tailored educational web pages, communicate via email, and join a discussion group. We employed use data to evaluate the impact of age on use for the first 30 days after discharge and determined that the age of the participants did not significantly influence use of the system in this study.
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